SOUTH BERWICK, Me. — The fire department responded to a morning call from a woman at the Cummings Mill Apartment complex who said water was pouring out of her closet.

At 9:25 a.m., five South Berwick firefighters responded to the apartment before requesting Rollinsford and Berwick crews to assist with water vacuums.

As firefighters cleared water out of the four of 48 units affected at 2 Railroad Avenue, Fire Chief George Gorman said they discovered the water was the result of a busted heating unit between the fifth floor and the roof.

“It froze up and broke the coil,” Gorman said, adding a gust of this morning’s frigid wind must have caused the incident. “The coil itself that circulates the water just broke.”

Water poured through the building, from the fifth floor to the basement, collapsing a ten foot square area of one unit’s ceiling, damaging sheet rock and soaking carpets, according to Gorman.

“One unit might be unlivable,” he said, but the other units should be able to be occupied while the apartment’s maintenance crew finishes the clean up.

No injuries were reported and fire crews had the situation secured by 12:30 p.m.

Ealier Story: Clean up continues at apartment water pipe break in South Berwick

SOUTH BERWICK, Me. — Firefighters continue to try to clear water out of the Cummings Mill Apartment complex after a hot water pipe froze and broke in the ceiling of a fifth-floor apartment.

Fire officials report at least four apartments were impacted by the water flow and the ceiling reportedly collapsed in the apartment below apartment with the water break.

The hot water has apparently created an almost sauna-like situation in the apartment of the break. The water ran down through the apartments below and may have reached the basement of the building.

A number of firefighters from area communities were called the scene to help cleanup.

No injuries were reported and how many apartments may not be liveable has not yet been determined.